Soldier&#39;s armor.



FTUQES XR 192949191 3. SUDERLOCKQ SOLDIERS AHMOB. APPLICATION FILED DEC.29. I917.

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY sisuamocx. SOLDiER'S ARMGR. 51-

APPLZCATION FILED DEC; 29,1917. I

Patented Feb. 11, 1919.

2 SHEET$-SHEET 2- ATTORNEY UNITED STATES manna OFFICE.

SAMUEL SUDERLOCK, OF WEBSTER, PENNSYLVAKIA.

8011131111818 ARMOR.

Specification of Letters Batcnt.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Sstluun Soonnnocu, a

citizen of the United States, residing at W'ebster, in the county ofWestmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Soldiers" Armor, of which the following .18 a spec1-fication.

This invention relates to an armor which may be worn on the person ofa'soldier to protect him from injury by fire-arms, cutting implements,etc, and which, when not arranged upon the person of the soldier may beemployed as a shield for protecting the soldier in a lineposition.

An object of the invention is to produce an armor which, whilecomprising a bulletproof construction, will readily yield to conformitself to the portion of the body to which the same is attached orwhich-may likewise be shaped to provide a shield of a desiredconfiguration.

In carrying out my invention, it is my. purpose to produce an armorcomprising an It is a further object of the invention to produce anarmor which shall he of a comparatively simple construction, cheap tomanufacture, readily applied, and which is thoroughly efiicient for thepurpose devised. Other objects and advantages ,will appear as the natureof the invention is better understood, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which,

F1gure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improvement as abodyarmor.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the arrangement of the samewhen employed as a shield.

F'g. 3 is a rear view of the improvement.

Fig. 4 is a smional view approximately on the line 4.4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an edge view of -the improve- .outer series of non-yieldableplates, the,

ment on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of theplates. b

Fig. 7 is a detail perspectivevlew' of the I part of the fibrousresilient filler employed tached to "t is person of the wearer.

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proved armor comprises an inner series ofplates 5 and an outer series ofplates 6. These plates are of some suitable hard mat'c-rial, such asHarveyizedsteel and are of a strength to withstand any shock or jar towhich they are subjected. The lower series of plates are square orrectangular, and the outer members of the upper series have their outeredges arranged at an inclination so that the aid plates will thusconform themselves to the chest portion of the soldier, but, at the sametime, the armor may be arranged upon other parts of the person of thesoldier. The plates 5 and 6,

at the confronting edges'thereof, are conbeing constructed of strands ofmetal em- T bodies a natural-resiliency, and not only serves as a buffermember for the opposite series of plates, but has a spring element be-'tween the dplates to retain the, lates prop-- erly space awayfrom eachof; er. In ad 'clition to'this, the filler, is designed to absorb theShock and jar to which the shieldmay be subjected.

Upon the corner plates and adjacent the y I outer edges thereof, aresecured eye members 9, the said eyes being designed to receive straps11, whereby the same maybe-Fat- 1e armor, when not in use, and as*reviously stated, is designed to serve as a s ield, and from theforegoing description, whenv taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity and advantages of the construction will, it isthought, be appar-- ent without further detailed description.

The armor is flexible when used upon the body of'a wearer and is made soby partially detaching some or all ofthe hinge members on the innerplates and some of the hinge members on the outer plates.

'- Having thus described the invention, what Ielaimis:

1. .An armor comprising anions; and an plates of each of the seriesbeing arranged edge to edge, yieldable elements detachablyouter seriesof non-yieldable plates arranged edge to edge, yieldable connectingmeans for the plates at the confronting edges thereof, a filler offibrous resilient material between the plates, detachable memberssecuring the yieldable elements of the plates passing through the saidfibrous resilient material, said members adapted to be partiallydetached whereby the plates may have relative movement, and eyes on thecorner plates of the outer facing of the armor.

In testimony whereof I afiix-my signature.

SAEEUEL SUDERLOCK.

